What factors account for the proliferation of interest groups?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should identify and describe some of the following factors: social and economic complexity, competition for federal dollars, scientific and technological developments, government’s regulatory role, and the diffusion of power in U.S. national government.
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a. maturation b. regression to the mean c. history d. placebo
Despite the fact that the United Nations plays a central role in addressing international issues ranging from international security to global development, health and disease, and crime, the organization __________
a. is far less effective, on the whole, than international economic organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) in addressing and alleviating these concerns b. is considered entirely ineffectual by most observers, who have issued continuing calls for reforms despite member state reluctance to support them c. is hobbled by the fact that none of its actions can ever be considered binding on states d. has a smaller annual budget than that of many large cities and national agencies, and remains less powerful than many of its founders hoped it would be